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Lighthouses and Harbours
Colombo Old Clock Tower Lighthouse
කොලඹ පැරණි ප්රදීපාගාරය
Western Province
Colombo District
6°56'5.2''N 79°50'34''E
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It stopped being a lighthouse and kept being a clock. Only one of those jobs still needed doing.
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Old Colombo Lighthouse or Colombo Fort Clock Tower is a clock tower and was a lighthouse in Colombo. The lighthouse is no longer operational, but the tower remains and functions as a clock tower. It is located at the junction of Chatham Street and Janadhipathi Mawatha (formerly Queens Road) in Colombo fort.
The tower was constructed as a clock tower in 1856-57 and completed on the 25 February 1857. The tower was designed by Emily Elizabeth Ward, the wife of Governor Sir Henry George Ward (1797 – 1860).
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